Software Engineer - Cloud Volumes

NetApp; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

NetApp is seeking a Software Engineer to assist design, develop, test, and optimize an enterprise cloud application. You’ll work in a high‑performance team using Go and Python to build RESTful APIs, microservices, and data‑intensive services that power NetApp’s data fabric.

You’ll collaborate with SREs, DBAs, and fellow engineers across the stack in a hybrid California setting, contribute to scalable solutions, and grow your skills through real customer impact and continuous delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field with at least 2 years of related experience.
• Experience with Go and Python programming.
• Experience delivering REST, JSON, XML APIs.
• Experience programming on Linux platform.
• Experience with Microservice architecture.

Responsibilities

• Assist in designing, coding, and testing core workflows per project requirements.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve system defects and configuration issues.
• Analyze system performance and identify bottlenecks; propose solutions.
• Optimize code, database queries, server configurations, or other areas for performance.
• Collaborate with senior engineers, SRE, and DBAs across development stages.
• Document functionality, design, development and testing strategies.
• Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication.
• Build foundational knowledge of Go, Python, databases, message queues, and REST APIs.

Skills

Golang

Python

REST API

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Linux

Job description

Own Every Moment at NetApp

At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.

Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

Job Summary

Assist in the design, definition, development, and test for an enterprise class NetApp cloud application software. We are looking for Software Engineers who thrive in a high-performance team tasked with finding creative solutions to the most profound data challenges customers face. Wielding cutting-edge technologies, you can help create/stabilize new products and services that bring NetApp’s data fabric to every application.

Key Responsibilities:

• Software Development: Assist in designing, coding, and testing code to drive the core workflows according to project requirements and established software development standards.
• Debugging and Troubleshooting: Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve system defects. This includes debugging code, resolving configuration issues, and fixing software defects.
• Performance Analysis: Analyze the performance of systems, identifying bottlenecks, and proposing solutions.
• Optimization: Optimize code, database queries, server configurations, or other areas to improve performance.
• Collaboration: Work closely with other team members, including senior engineers, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and database administrators, during all stages of development.
• Documentation: Document functionality, design, development, and testing strategies.
• Communication: Demonstrates outstanding proficiency in both written and oral communication.
• Foundational skills: Basic knowledge of relevant software and tools (e.g., Go Lang, Python, Database, message queues, REST API)

Job Requirements

• Must have good communication skills
• Must have Golang and Python programming experience
• Experience with general understanding of concepts related to computer architecture, data structures and standard programming practices
• Experience developing and delivering REST, JSON, XML based APIs for configuration, reporting, etc
• Experience programming on Linux platform
• Experience using relational database preferably PostgreSQL, and NoSQL database preferably Redis
• Experience with Microservice architecture

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. Computer Science, Engineering)
• Typically requires a minimum of 2 years of related experience.

Compensation:

The target salary range for this position is 113,050 - 168,300 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off, various Leave options, Performance-Based Incentives, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU’s), with all offerings subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. Benefits may vary by country and region, and further details will be provided as part of the recruitment process.

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working environment designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

Why You’ll Thrive at NetApp

At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into opportunity. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.

Our culture

We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.

If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one.

AI Disclosure

For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support—rather than replace—human decision-making.